John Davis Lodge, 82, a former congressman and governor of...

NEW YORK — John Davis Lodge, 82, a former congressman and governor of Connecticut who was ambassador to Switzerland from 1983 until last spring, died of a heart attack Tuesday night.

He was the grandson of the late U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge and brother of former U.S. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., the Republican candidate for vice president in 1960.

Lodge began a career as an actor after he graduated from Harvard College in 1925 and Harvard Law School in 1929. After serving in the Navy during World War II he entered politics.

He served in Congress from Connecticut's 4th District from 1947 until 1950, the year he was elected governor. He lost his bid for a second term as governor when he was defeated by Democrat Abraham Ribicoff in 1954.

He was ambassador to Spain from 1955-61 and to Argentina from 1969-74.